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Artists
  • Edward Hopper

    Gail Levin discusses the work of Edward Hopper and the Art Institute of Chicago's Hopper's exhibition

    Oct. 2, 1981

    Discussing the book "Edward Hopper: The Art and the Artist." Includes recordings of Robert Frost reading "The Road Not Taken," Carl Sandburg reading "Gone," and Tom Waits' song "Nighthawks."

  • Shel Silverstein

    Shel Silverstein discusses his books, children's literature, and art; part 1

    Nov. 20, 1961

    Shel Silverstein discusses his books "Lafcadio: The Lion Who Shot Back" and "Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book".. Shel Silverstein discusses his books, children's literature, and cartoonists.

  • Shel Silverstein

    Shel Silverstein discusses his books, children's literature, and art; part 2

    Nov. 20, 1961

    Shel Silverstein discusses his books and children's literature, and art. Shel Silverstein discusses his contemporaries, art, and life experiences.

  • John Weber, Mark Rogovin and Justine DeVan

    John Weber, Mark Rogovin and Justine DeVan discuss their work on murals and the Wall of Respect in Chicago

    1970

    John Weber, Mark Rogovin and Justine DeVan discuss their involvement with the mural movement as well as their involvement with the Chicago community and their various art projects. Includes excerpt of an interview with Bill Walker at the Peace and Salvation Wall of Understanding in (near?) Cabrini Green.

  • Jules Feiffer

    Jules Feiffer discusses Richard Nixon

    Nov. 10, 1974

    Discussing Richard Nixon and interviewing Jules Feiffer.

  • Anna Deavere Smith

    Anna Deavere Smith discusses her career

    May. 4, 1995

    Anna Deavere Smith discusses and demonstrates her unique character portrayals from her works "Fires in the Mirror" and "Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992."

  • Pier Luigi Nervi

    Pier Luigi Nervi and Joseph Nicoletti discuss architecture; part 2. Second interview: Caesar Zavattini discusses screenwriting and cinema

    1962

    End of interview with Pier Luigi Nervi and Joseph Nicoletti where they discuss innovation in architecture and learning from a master; second part is a separate interview with Cesare Zavattini about film inspirations and creating some of his most well known works.

  • Robert Rauschenberg

    Discussing the book "Rauschenberg, Art and Life" with the author, Mary Lynn Kotz

    Oct. 29, 1991

    Mary Lynn Kotz discusses her book "Rauschenberg, Art and Life" with Studs as they recount the works and story of 20th century art pioneer Robert Rauschenberg. They survey his career beginning in Port Arthur, TX, discussing his Depression-era upbringing which caused him to reuse and salvage virtually any object and transform it into art, his studies in Paris, made possible by the G.I.

  • Pablo Picasso

    Studs Terkel comments and presents Picasso unveiling ceremony

    Aug. 15, 1967

    Presenting at the Picasso unveiling: dedication ceremony and comments.

  • Ted Coe, James Speyer, and Wayne Thibaud discuss art exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago

    Apr. 26, 1965

    Interviewing Ted Coe, James Speyer, and Wayne Thibaud : Jurors of the 1965 Art Institute Show. They discuss art exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago, visual arts, and art critics.

  • Joshua Rubenstein

    Joshua Rubenstein discusses his book Tangled Loyalties: The Life and Times of Ilya Ehrenburg"

    Sep. 25, 1996

    Joshua Rubenstein discusses his book "Tangled Loyalties: The Life and Times of Ilya Ehrenburg" and the importance of Ehrenburg during the Stalin regime.

  • Leon Golub

    Leon Golub discusses current art projects at the Museum of Contemporary Art

    Sep. 6, 1974

    Leon Golub talks about his current art projects and the power of the largeness of a canvas and its representations can have in the art experience.

  • Sibyl Moholy-Nagy discussing her husband Laszlo Moholy-Nagy's retrospective at the Museum of Contemporary Art

    Jun. 10, 1968
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